Age of the City: Why Our Future Will Be Won or Lost Together

by Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin

Book Overview

Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.

From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern metropolises like New York or Shanghai, cities throughout history have been the engines of human progress and the epicentres of our greatest achievements. Now, for the first time, more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399406140
• ISBN13: 9781399406147
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"